Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox

Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox
Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox
Member of Parliament for New Shoreham
	In office; 1849–1859
Personal details
Born	Lord Alexander Francis Charles Lennox; 14 June 1825; Mayfair, London, England
Died	22 January 1892 (aged 66); Chelsea, London
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Emily Towneley (m. 1863)
Children	Cosmo Gordon-Lennox
Parent	Charles, 5th Duke of Richmond (father);
Relatives	Charles, 6th Duke of Richmond (brother); Lord Henry Lennox (brother); Lord George Gordon-Lennox (brother)
Military career
Rank	Captain
Unit	Royal Horse Guards

Lord Alexander Francis Charles Gordon-Lennox (né Lennox; 14 June 1825 – 22 January 1892) was a British Conservative politician and aristocrat.

Background

Gordon-Lennox was born at Grosvenor Square, Mayfair,^[1] the fourth son of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, and Lady Caroline, daughter of Field Marshal Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey. Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond and Lord Henry Lennox were his elder brothers and Lord George Gordon-Lennox his younger brother. Alexander was born with the surname Lennox; when his father inherited the Gordon estates from his uncle, the father took the surname Gordon-Lennox for himself and his issue, by royal licence dated 9 August 1836.^[2]

Political career

Gordon-Lennox was elected Member of Parliament for New Shoreham in 1849, a seat he held until 1859. He was also a Captain in the Royal Horse Guards.^{[citation needed]}

Family

Gordon-Lennox married Emily Frances Towneley, daughter of Colonel Charles Towneley and Lady Caroline Molyneux of Towneley Hall, Burnley, in 1863. They had two children, one surviving:

Cosmo Charles Gordon-Lennox (1868–1921),^[3] actor who married Marie Tempest, and died childless
Daughter (born and died 28 June 1869)^[4]

After a long illness, Lord Alexander died in 1892 at his house at 21 Pont Street, Chelsea, aged 66.^[5] His wife died of typhoid fever on New Year's Eve of the same year.^[6]

References

^ "Births". Berkshire Chronicle. 18 June 1825. p. 3. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
^ "No. 19409". The London Gazette. 12 August 1836. p. 1441.
^ Charles Mosley, ed. (2003), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, vol. 2 (107 ed.), Burke's Peerage & Gentry, p. 2992, ISBN 978-0971196629
^ "Births". Chichester Express. 6 July 1869. p. 2. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
^ "Obituary". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 23 January 1892. p. 6.
^ "Obituary". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 2 January 1893. p. 5.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Charles Burrell, Bt Charles Goring	Member of Parliament for New Shoreham 1849–1859 With: Sir Charles Burrell, Bt	Succeeded by Sir Charles Burrell, Bt Stephen Cave

This article about a Conservative Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing an English constituency and born in the 1820s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] "Births". Berkshire Chronicle. 18 June 1825. p. 3. Retrieved 26 August 2024.

[2] "No. 19409". The London Gazette. 12 August 1836. p. 1441.

[Burke-3] Charles Mosley, ed. (2003), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, vol. 2 (107 ed.), Burke's Peerage & Gentry, p. 2992, ISBN 978-0971196629

[4] "Births". Chichester Express. 6 July 1869. p. 2. Retrieved 25 August 2024.

[obit-5] "Obituary". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 23 January 1892. p. 6.

[6] "Obituary". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 2 January 1893. p. 5.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]